The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, November 14, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
85.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 PM
3:22 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.8%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 419
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Nov 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.7° / 47.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 23m / 6.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.13° / 4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.92° / -4.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.93° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.